Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Rim Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Tahoe Rim Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 1,151 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,414 – 7,038 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Rim Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,415–7,039 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Fox, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  16. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
  22. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  25. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  26. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  31. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  33. 300 ftContinue straight onto Fox, heading SW.
  34. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  35. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  36. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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